By Park Si-soo
A senior reporter with a major South Korean newspaper has received a suspended jail sentence for sexual harassment.
Seoul Central District Court said Sunday that the reporter, 51, surnamed Ha, was sentenced to six months’ jail, suspended for two years. He was ordered to carry out 120 hours’ social contribution and receive 40-hours of anti-sexual crime education.
He was indicted in February for kissing the cheek of a woman who was sleeping at a public spa in Seoul.
Judge Lee Sang-hun said the verdict took into account that Ha “settled the case with the victim, confessed, regretted his wrongdoing and has no criminal record.”